2018 Final Work Presentation of Tianjin Normal University's College of Fine Arts and Design  

"Tangible and Intangible" 

The 2018 Final Work Presentation of Tianjin Normal University's College of Fine Arts and Design was convened in the Workshop of Beijing 751D·PARK on May 17^th, 2018. The subject of this presentation is "Tangible and Intangible", which means tangible works are provided with intangible and unlimited creative thoughts. This is also the core of design for this year's Department of Costume Art, which guides students to apply what they learnt through the four years of college in tangible works while encouraging them to take in inspiration, refine elements, develop unlimited potentiality and expand creative thoughts from diversified angles.  

The development of apparel and fashion design specialty should be centered on education, scientific research, application and industrial information, and put the cultivation of students with practical capability on the first place. The diploma projects this year laid stress upon subject selection, refining of inspirational elements, excavation of implicit meaning, and actual manifestation of core spirit. They emphasized in the application and comparison of numerous materials and expressive force of details. All work presented reflected students' unlimited enthusiasm in creation and outstanding capability in creation and practice. The subjects include not only traditional Chinese cultural concepts, but also international perspectives amd trendy consciousness. There were quite a few brand-new subjects, such as the combination of folk element tiger-cap and modern ready-to-wear; the manifestation of sleep paralysis symptoms; integration of western suits and ballet skirt; exploration originated from the art forms of violence aesthetics; as well as creative sheer-structure excavations. The presented modeling included evolution of traditional Chinese attire; modern expression of rococo style; variant modeling after deconstruction; as well as the creativity performance based on ready-to-wear. Designers paid attention to the integration of practicability and artistry. With respect to fabrics, the proportion of texture molding was bigger than previous years, which proved to be the highlight of this year's works. Tufted fabric, tri-dimensional taillure and fabric reconstruction, etc., laid stress upon the performing forces of details, which not only reflected displayed numerous subjects, but reflected improved practical abilities of students.  

The diploma works of this year are not only gorgeous and bizarre, but also enthusiastic and innovative with maturity under deliberateness. The young designers burst forth their power of youth on the stage and expressed intangible creativity through tangible works.